A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do, especially if she has big breasts and blond hair. Tiffany Shepherd, the 30-year-old former high school biology teacher at Port St. Lucie High School in Florida, is also Leah Lust, the pornographic video star. In a world where teachers are underpaid and under-appreciated, coupled with a hard hit economy, Tiffany Shepherd, who is also a single mother of three children, went looking for a part-time job that would give her more money for herself and for her kids.

What was the job? Tiffany Shepherd got a gig working on a fishing boat as a hostess dressed in a bikini. As reported in Lalate.com, says Shepherd, “I can make $600… in two days’ fishing. That’s a week’s pay for me. You don’t wear jeans or slacks to go fishing…. I wasn’t doing anything wrong.”

Thanks to the Internet, once school officials found the scantily clad Tiffany Shepherd displayed on the fishing boat’s company website, she was promptly fired. School officials say it’s because she was missing time at work, but Tiffany Shepherd disagrees. Now Tiffany Shepherd no longer has to worry about money, because her Leah Lust videos are giving her major money. In fact, she has been in five feature films portraying – what else? A teacher.

According to Lalate.com, Shepherd has endured major financial problems since her story hit the news. She can’t get work with any mainstream jobs, even after sending out thousands of resumes. As a result, she has faced eviction and has lost custody of two of her children.

It is not 100% certain that Tiffany Shepherd is now Leah Lust video star, but the chances are very good. Shepherd’s story is not unique. Attractive, young women are finding that they can make more money in the adult sex industry than in other jobs, and in this economy they’re going for it.

As reported by Drew Nelles in Newser, “The adult entertainment industry is receiving a barrage of applications from women seeking good pay and job security in fields ranging from porno to exotic dancing.” When it comes to putting food on the table and putting a roof over one’s head, jobs in the adult industry can be significant. However, as Nelles reported in Newser, women who enter the adult entertainment industry can make good money, but it may come back to haunt them. One porn maker said, “Once you make an adult film, it never goes away.”